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Posted by wickman on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 3:04 PM

Is it me  or is this the way a crazy person figures things out? Tempted to get  some grocery  bags stuffed with  crumpled paper for support and  stuff them under the paper and  start putting down plaster cloth.

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Posted by wickman on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 1:30 PM

With the bent supports in place and bridge  roughly in place I 'm going to see  if I can tie  the ends of the bench  work into the scene. As you can see I also removed  the bottom diagonal braces, looked too goofy for me. Will add sway braces when  I get somemore wood.
Bridge sitting in place

I used  card stock  to give a rough in  for the hill over the bent supports. white glue and staples.

Bridge back in place for test fit. Just enough clearance under the bents to  add plaster cloth and  build up  a bit.

And now the fun begins to try to tie the benchwork into the scene, I also raised the bottom  base.

 

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Posted by wickman on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 1:30 PM

Thanks Bear

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Posted by "JaBear" on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 2:55 AM

That's one fine looking trestle bridge. Thumbs Up

Cheers, the Bear.

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Posted by wickman on Monday, December 15, 2014 6:15 PM

Cut out the roadbed for a trial  fit and once the  mainline was lined up and fit nicely I started on  the bent pillars.

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Posted by wickman on Sunday, December 14, 2014 12:25 PM

Was up late last nite  and  pretty  much got  the trestle  complete. I'm  still undecided on whether I will add sway braces. Also attempted  to even pickup a nbw and needless  to  say my mobility skills and sight are nothing  what  they use to be. May  attempt to  cut the trestle into  the existing roadbed today  to at least  have that part done and  have the trestle removeable for  scene work.

 

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Posted by wickman on Sunday, December 14, 2014 2:56 AM

hon30critter

Very impressive!

Don't drop it when you turn it right side up!Smile, Wink & GrinClownLaughLaughLaugh

Dave

 

Thanks Dave.  Funny thing when carried it upstairs to   work on  in our spare  room it darn near slipped right out of  my hands.  Its getting some weight to it. Should  be able to finish  it tomorrow depending whether I decide to put my  self through the torture of adding nbws or not.  Also need to decide if I'm putting cross  braces.

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Posted by hon30critter on Sunday, December 14, 2014 2:49 AM

Very impressive!

Don't drop it when you turn it right side up!Smile, Wink & GrinClownLaughLaughLaugh

Dave

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Posted by wickman on Sunday, December 14, 2014 2:01 AM

Just have to finish  off supports.

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Posted by wickman on Saturday, December 13, 2014 10:07 PM

Moving right along with  the trestle, four days off so I should be able to finish this off  I hope.

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Posted by wickman on Friday, December 12, 2014 4:40 AM

hon30critter

Lynn:

Thank you for sharing all of the trestle construction details. I have a similar project in my future. This has been very educational.

Dave

 

Your quite welcome Dave, its my pleasure and has also been very educational for myself.Big Smile

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Posted by hon30critter on Friday, December 12, 2014 3:25 AM

Lynn:

Thank you for sharing all of the trestle construction details. I have a similar project in my future. This has been very educational.

Dave

I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!

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Posted by wickman on Thursday, December 11, 2014 3:39 PM

And the fun begins

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Posted by wickman on Thursday, December 11, 2014 2:37 PM

Trial fit for bent over river,  this won't work need  to  do some trimming.I hate math.

Rail was attched  to stringers using pliobond and weighted down, left  it for 48 hours.

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Posted by wickman on Thursday, December 11, 2014 2:01 AM

Thanks Rob  kinda sounded good to  me as well and the instructions really don't say much.

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Posted by wp8thsub on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 5:10 PM

wickman
Any advice once I go  to  install the bents? Perhaps start in the middle or end ?  Glue one bent checking  for straightness then the next and  the supports maybe?

Assuming the kit instructions don't suggest a sequence, that sounds reasonable.  Pick a spot and work from there.

Rob Spangler

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Posted by wickman on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 4:49 PM

EmbarrassedIf its  just aesthetics issue I can handle that, Im real good  at hiding stuff. Embarrassed

Any advice once I go  to  install the bents? Perhaps start in the middle or end ?  Glue one bent checking  for straightness then the next and  the supports maybe?

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Posted by wp8thsub on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 8:44 AM

wickman
So your saying when I centre the bents on the seams of the stringers the outside bent caps will line up as obviously I  will  be trying to line up every 2 inches which is the length of each stringer where as the outside bent will sit on a seam and the inside of the bent will not sit on the seam? Hopefully this doesn't cause any issues as long as the track rail is over the inside\outside rail and the bent caps line up ok. Unfortuneatly it was last  nite at 3am when I set the rail on the stringers permanently so no adjustments can be made.

Yup that's it.  This is an aesthetic issue for an HO scale trestle more than a structural one.  Hopefully it will be hard to notice once you have everything installed.

Rob Spangler

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Posted by wickman on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 10:44 PM

wp8thsub
 
wickman

 

 

I see an issue with the stringers, but it may be too late to correct.  It appears you cut the pieces for the inside of the curve the same length as those for the outside.  As a result, the joints for the inside stringers will not fall atop a bent like the outside ones will.  I didn't mention the need for the the two lengths in my advice on the other thread, so to the extent I may have sowed confusion on the point - my bad.  I was figuring the kit instructions and/or plans would have shown the joints.

 

Thanks Rob I see what you mean I think. So your saying when I centre the bents on the seams of the stringers the outside bent caps will line up as obviously I  will  be trying to line up every 2 inches which is the length of each stringer where as the outside bent will sit on a seam and the inside of the bent will not sit on the seam? Hopefully this doesn't cause any issues as long as the track rail is over the inside\outside rail and the bent caps line up ok. Unfortuneatly it was last  nite at 3am when I set the rail on the stringers permanently so no adjustments can be made.

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Posted by wp8thsub on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 5:14 PM

wickman

I see an issue with the stringers, but it may be too late to correct.  It appears you cut the pieces for the inside of the curve the same length as those for the outside.  As a result, the joints for the inside stringers will not fall atop a bent like the outside ones will.  I didn't mention the need for the the two lengths in my advice on the other thread, so to the extent I may have sowed confusion on the point - my bad.  I was figuring the kit instructions and/or plans would have shown the joints.

Rob Spangler

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Posted by wickman on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 3:45 PM
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Posted by wickman on Saturday, December 6, 2014 10:58 AM

I also received a supply of ME bridge flex track in the mail. I think it may be time to finish up the bents and start on the stringers. 

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Posted by wickman on Saturday, December 6, 2014 10:55 AM

I'm still working on  getting the bents  spacing figured out,  I've got it down to  2- 2.5 inches apart for the most part. May have to make somemore and perhaps shorten  a couple of the longest ones. I find this process is like structure positioning, you have to keep repositioning until it feels right.

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Posted by wickman on Sunday, November 30, 2014 4:15 PM
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Posted by wickman on Saturday, November 29, 2014 11:38 PM

Thanks everyone for the comments. I'll be doing an update on progress in next  couple of days.

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Posted by rrebell on Thursday, November 27, 2014 4:49 PM

Now no offence but some of you methods seem a bit odd but your outcome is spectacular!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by bing&kathy on Thursday, November 27, 2014 1:31 PM

mobilman44

Hi,

May I offer a suggestion............

I have a window similar to the one in the pics.   I replaced the white mini blinds with light blue ones, and painted in the backdrop to blend into the window ledge, etc.

It proved to be a good thing to do, and you might want to consider it. 

 

Another suggestion is to paint the backdrop onto the blinds. Even done halfway decent most people won't notice it versus a chunk of missing background.

 

P.S. Hope you have given some thought as to how to replace/repair the furnace and water heater.My 2 Cents

God's Best & Happy Rails to You!

Bing  (RIPRR The Route of the Buzzards)

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Posted by Mario1 on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 12:23 PM

Hi Lynn

Just checked out the thread. WOW Man! Its coming along very nicely. You got a lot of real estate. Nice work keep the pics coming.

Mario

FW&RR ry 

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Posted by wickman on Friday, November 14, 2014 1:50 PM
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Posted by wickman on Monday, November 10, 2014 2:14 PM

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